Abortion is the most controversial ‘right’ that is still being debated today. Abortion is the intentional termination of a pregnancy after conception before the fetus is visible or capable of living outside the womb. Many people believe it should be legalized, but many people also believe it should not. Millions of children are not alive today because they were never even born because abortion exists. Abortion was legalized in 1973 by Roe v Wade, since then, there have been roughly 55 million abortions in the United States, an average of 1.2 million abortions each year. Legalizing abortion has had effects on the U.S. population, both socially and economically.
Margaret Sanger worked as a nurse and through her work, she treated a number of women who had black market abortions or tried to self-terminate their pregnancies (Sanger). She felt it was unnecessary that these women should have to suffer such tragedies, so she fought to make birth control and …show more content…
In today’s society, abortion has become the number one birth control pill. Women who become pregnant often consider abortion as their first option. If they are not ready to take the responsibility of raising a child, they choose to have an abortion. A study was conducted showing why women chose to have abortions and they found four out of the five most common reasons for abortion in 2004 were similar to those in 1987. It indicated that a baby would dramatically change their lives, that they could not afford a baby now, that they did not want to be a single mother or had problems with their relationship, and that they were not ready for a child or another child (Guttmacher). If abortion didn’t exist, women would have to take more precautions to prevent pregnancy, instead of relying on abortion to fix the
Margaret Sanger worked as a nurse and through her work, she treated a number of women who had black market abortions or tried to self-terminate their pregnancies (Sanger). She felt it was unnecessary that these women should have to suffer such tragedies, so she fought to make birth control and …show more content…
In today’s society, abortion has become the number one birth control pill. Women who become pregnant often consider abortion as their first option. If they are not ready to take the responsibility of raising a child, they choose to have an abortion. A study was conducted showing why women chose to have abortions and they found four out of the five most common reasons for abortion in 2004 were similar to those in 1987. It indicated that a baby would dramatically change their lives, that they could not afford a baby now, that they did not want to be a single mother or had problems with their relationship, and that they were not ready for a child or another child (Guttmacher). If abortion didn’t exist, women would have to take more precautions to prevent pregnancy, instead of relying on abortion to fix the